Description

SD 9748 THORNTON-IN-CRAVEN CHURCH ROAD

9/143 Nos 1 to 5 (inclusive)
The Almshouses
(formerly listed as
10.9.54 Almshouses)

GV II

Almshouses, 1815. Squared dressed stone, stone slate roof. One storey. 11 bay
symmetrical composition, alternating doors of six raised and fielded panels
with windows in plain stone surrounds, sashes with all glazing bars. Rusticated
quoins to ends and the central three bays, which are pedimented. The pediment
carries an oval cartouche inscribed "1815. These Almshouses for five poor
women were erected and endowed pursuant to the desire of Joseph Smith late
of the City of LONDON Banker, a native of this parish out of the residuary
estate of Rachel Smith his widow". Six stacks.

Listing NGR: SD9033048415

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584434

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)